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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

France probes threats against Russian prison rights activist

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

French authorities are investigating death threats against a Russian rights activist who exposes abuses in Russian prisons and says he was the target of a possible assassination attempt at his home in France.

Vladimir Osechkin, founder of prisoners' rights group Gulagu.net, suspects Russian security services of trying to “shut his mouth" or scare him away from continuing his activism. His recent work has notably had links to the Ukraine war.

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